Valve.



L. A. BELLE.

VALVE.

APPLICATION 11.21: me. a, 1912.

1,090,676. Patented Mar, 17,1914.

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' LEWIS A. BELLIS, orinoueLss'amzolvs.

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" To (ZZZ/1177mm it may conrcrn i t Bcit known that I. Lewis A. Beams, a

mu of the United States, residing. at Douglas, in the county of Cochise and State ofiArizonmlhave invented new and useful liiiprovements in V alves, of which the followingis a specification.

This inventiourel tes to an improvement in valvestructures for water glass gages .1, co nprehending' speelhc-ally a structure 1n which the [valve will automatically seat itself in the event of breakage of the glass tube to prevent steam or water escaping through such breakage. t The main ob'cct of the present invention is the provision of a valve to maintain an 7 open position by the engagement therewith ofthe terminal of the tube, the valve being I further held against. possibility of complete separation from the, valve seat in order to expeditejthe replacement of the tube when broken. v Y

The invention in its preferred form of details will be described in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, inwhiclu-- 'Figure' l is-a vertical section illustrating:

the improvement, a portion only of the glass'tube being shown; Fig. 2- is a. horh zontal' section on thc'liue 2-3 of Fig. l.

leferring particularly to the accompanyingdrawings, the inn'irbved valve comprises a body 1 of any appropriate material open at the upper and lower ends and having:

85 lateral projections 2 and 3 one of which as is formed to receive an appropriate valve plug 2 and the other as 3 formed to peri'nit connection of the usual steam pipe, with which parts, as also with the particular shape or material of the body 1 aside from the details hereinafter noted, the present invention is not concerned, and I contemplate any desired arrangement or constrnction of such parts. The body 1 is formed with a lateral offset 4 cored to provide a conduit 5 connecting the bores of the sections 2 and?) around the valve body, so

that the steam or water to and from'the' gage valve has an open passage around the valve body. The interior of the valve body is shaped to'form a main chamber 6 and this chamber isthrough an opening 7 in di rect open communication with the inlet side '01? the valve. The upper end of the valve body has an inwardly extending wall 8 providing within the chamberfi a lateral sur- Specification of Letters Patent.

malted Mar. 1'2, 191:

Application filcdllecember 3, 1912. I Serial 'll' 0} 734,736.- x

iace of sutli'cient extent to perrhit the for- .mation therein:- of avalve seat-9. An exte-.

riorl threaded extension 10 exte'nds-l u .wardly' .iro n theiwall 8 to provide'for't e w connection of the usual gland 10-=jt o encircle and holdlthe ordinary-glasstilbe 11.-

' The opening .in'the lower end of thebody 1 is interiorly threaded at 12 for the reception of the plug 13, said plug being formed with a central longitudinal bore 2 1l' 'tl1read- .ed at one end to. receive :the usual pet cock 15 and nteriorly threaded at thesoppositeend to receive a valvcg'guide 16; which guide is in the fo'rm'iof a sleeve-like meniberfopen 7 at both-ends and threaddiniofhhd secured ally of'the chaniberfi andte'rliiinat ing at its upper end pad at a. point below the upper end of the chamber. The valve guide is adprcent its lower end formed with a' series of openings 17 to establish communication betweenthe interior of magmas-and the chamber 6, for a purpose whichwill-later appear. v 30 The valve comprises-a cylindrical body 18 of a size to slidably' fit Within the extension 10, being formedat its lower end with avalve extension 19 to cooperatewith the seat 9. The valve has a central depending 35 sirnrflll arranged to slidably fit in'and close the upper end of the valve guide 16.'- The upper portion of the valve body is cored out to present a pressure space 21, and also formed with a vertically extending centrally 9edisposed depression 22 in communication with the pressure space 21 and also with radially arranged ports 23 which extend laterally through the valve body.

The parts are so arranged that whenthe valve body is at its limit of open movement the ports .23 will establish communication between the pressure space 21 of the valve body and the chamber 6. It is of course-to be understood that a similar valve may be used at the opposite or upper end of the gage tube, though in this instance the pet cock-will preferably be omitted 'es it is not necessary. .L c

In the use of the device itfwill be noted 105. that with the parts assernbled as described, the gege'tube ll operatesitohold the valve. open' 'so that communication is established between the interior ofsaid tube'and the I inlet pipe through the o ping 7, chamberfi, ports 23,.depression 2 n5- space 21. If, however, the glass tube should become by reason of the guide tubevlfi 2 0.. l neans for holding the valve against more than a predetermined movement in'-'a-.di1ec- .tion from its seat, a glass gage, the glass body formed to provide a? chamber and broken, thepressnre in the chamber 6 will operate to immediately clos} the valve, preventing the escape of water r steam through the broken gage tube. l he usual clean-out operatiomcan ble carried outl "whenever 1necessa' b sim opening tie pet one: as the gagd gun then be readily blown out through the openings 17, and in this operation it will be obvious that the valve proper is held against possibil y. of accidental complete separation iroln the valve seat aid the proection 20'from the valvei i What is claimed isz-f I; I "'1. A water glass gage valve" including a formed with a valvefseat, a valve arranged to. cooperate with theseat and formed to establish communi tion between opposite sides of the velvef'ji v hen the valve is open,

gageholding the valve in fixed cooperation with such means, whereby the valve is fixed against movement in either direction while opg'ative in the chamber to control communicatioiTbetwee'n' the chamber and the glass gage, said valve being slidably mounted in the guide and held against more than a predetermined movement by said guide, the end of the valve opposite theguide connection being formed to contact with the end of the glass gage, said valve guide being vformed with openings to establish communication chamber.

In testimony whereof I my signature H. G. BEUMLER, C. M. -I'IADDEN.

between the in-terior of said guide and the 

